An article in Moneyweb titled New insurance rules offer more protection, less bias discusses the introduction of a binder remuneration cap of 9% in amendments to the long- and short-term insurance regulations which […]
Neil Summers, Head of Sales at Moonstone, recently wrote an article for Bizconnect which is of great interest to those keen to explore new avenues to generate business by harnessing IT advances to […]
The amended Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements comes into effect on 1 April 2018. Regulatory Exam Study Material The amended requirements will have a substantial impact on the content of the study material for […]
Board Notice 194 of 2017 contains the latest information on who should write which exams. The competence requirements relating to regulatory examinations determine that all FSPs, key individuals and representatives should write and […]
The Fit and Proper Requirements 2017 published recently, also provides stipulations on operational ability. Billy Seyffert, COO of Moonstone Compliance and Risk Management, pointed out an important consideration for Key Individuals: A FSP […]
The long anticipated amended “Determination of Fit and Proper Requirements for Financial Services Providers, 2017” was finally printed in December last year. Do not be fooled by the fact that the determination, sans […]
The FSB published the following media release on 20 December: On 19 December 2017, the Pretoria High Court granted an application brought by the Registrar of Pension Funds in terms of section 5(1) of […]
FAIS Newsletter 25 from the FSB is dedicated to the Financial Intelligence Centre Act and, more specifically, to substantial changes which came into effect in June and October. The amendments are designed to […]
The Registrar of Pension Funds published Notice 4 of 2017 which gave notice of its intention to cancel a substantial number of funds in response to applications from fund administrators. Any person aggrieved by […]
On 24 November 2017, the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry published its Draft National Credit Amendment Bill, 2018 (the Bill) in the Government Gazette. The Bill is generally referred to as the Debt Relief […]
The Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMB) Code of Conduct (CoC) published in 2010 has been reviewed, and following the incorporation of inputs received from all the task team groups; the first draft of the […]
“The National Treasury, the South African Reserve Bank, the Financial Services Board, the South African Revenue Service and the Financial Intelligence Centre, published a document titled “User Alert – Monitoring of virtual currencies”. […]
Whilst determinations by the Ombud receive wide exposure in the media, settlements are only published in her annual report. This year, there were 1005 settlements and 68 determinations. The settlement amounts in case […]
The FSB published the Long- and Short-term proposals last Wednesday. Included in the documentation is a comments matrix reflecting the Regulator’s responses to industry input. It is interesting to note the inclusion of […]
The short-term insurance industry, through the South African Insurance Association (SAIA), has established a limited voluntary fund (SAIA Fund) to try and alleviate the prejudice suffered by those policyholders with motor accident claims […]
The Registrar of Pension Funds published, for comment, a draft Directive to determine conditions in respect of inducements and acceptance of gratification to ensure compliance with and to prevent contraventions of the objectives […]
Rosemary Lightbody, Senior Policy Advisor at the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA), recently provided insight into ASISA’s views on a number of important aspects concerning Twin Peaks. In an article […]
